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Thursday, February 18, 2010

SAMBADROME 2010: ANOTHER KIND OF SCI-FI EYE FRY

I caught Avatar the other day. I was impressed by the spectacular effects. A real sci-fi eye fry. Too bad they couldn’t come up with a better script -- too bad we’re still saying this about Hollywood’s well-financed flights of fantasy.

It was probably too bad I saw it after following the goings-on in the Sambadromes via the Web. Talk about sci-fi eye fry of a different kind . . .

It’s as if all the cultures of the world -- Africa, Asia, Las Américas, Europe, and even Hollywood -- got together to have a party in celebration of what our species has been up to on this planet.

Maybe we need to collect these images of Carnival and Sambadrome, and beam them out into space to give anyone out there an idea of what we’re all about.

WARNING!

is a recombocultural Chicano mutant, known for committing outrageous acts of science fiction, cartooning, and other questionable pursuits. He can’t help but be controversial. Everything he does offends or causes psychic harm. Rumor has it he’s doing it on purpose. Some people think he’s funny. Read on at your own risk . . . His novels are CORTEZ ON JUPITER, HIGH AZTECH, and SMOKING MIRROR BLUES. his short fiction has appeared in AMAZING STORIES, ANALOG, SCIENCE FICTION AGE, SEMIOTEXT(E)SF, SUPER STORIES OF HEROES & VILLAINS, WE SEE A DIFFERENT FRONTIER, and MOTHERSHIP: TALES FROM AFROFUTURISM AND BEYOND.

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